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The document presents a collection of character quotes from 'Jekyll and Hyde,' highlighting key themes such as duality, morality, and the conflict between appearance and reality. Each character's quotes are accompanied by thematic analysis, revealing their psychological depth and societal implications. The quotes illustrate the struggle between good and evil, the impact of repression, and the consequences of unchecked desires.

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Jekyll_and_Hyde_Character_Quote_Banks

The document presents a collection of character quotes from 'Jekyll and Hyde,' highlighting key themes such as duality, morality, and the conflict between appearance and reality. Each character's quotes are accompanied by thematic analysis, revealing their psychological depth and societal implications. The quotes illustrate the struggle between good and evil, the impact of repression, and the consequences of unchecked desires.

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Jekyll and Hyde - Character Quote Banks

Dr. Henry Jekyll


"Man is not truly one, but truly two."
Themes: Duality, Identity, Good vs Evil
Analysis: Jekyll sees human nature as split. Repetition of 'truly' reinforces this is not a flaw, but a
natural condition. Reflects Victorian anxiety over suppressed instincts.

"I was slowly losing hold of my original and better self."


Themes: Addiction, Morality, Duality
Analysis: 'Slowly' shows moral decay is gradual. The phrase shows Hyde overpowering Jekyll's
identity.

"I concealed my pleasures."


Themes: Repression, Hypocrisy
Analysis: Implies secret, possibly immoral desires. Highlights how Victorian values forced men to
hide their true selves.

"If I am the chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers also."


Themes: Guilt, Religion
Analysis: Paradox suggests sin leads inevitably to suffering. A Christian sense of punishment and
repentance.

"You must suffer me to go my own dark way."


Themes: Isolation, Free Will, Sin
Analysis: 'Dark way' implies a chosen descent into immorality. Jekyll isolates himself to protect
others-or indulge unjudged.

Mr. Edward Hyde


"With ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim underfoot."
Themes: Violence, Atavism, Duality
Analysis: Animalistic simile reflects regression to primal instincts. Hyde is brutal, uncontrollable.

"Something troglodytic."
Themes: Evolution, Fear of the Unknown
Analysis: Suggests Hyde is prehistoric and devolved - a regression of mankind.
"The mere aura and effulgence of certain evil deeds."
Themes: Evil, Appearance vs Reality
Analysis: 'Effulgence' (brightness) ironically paired with evil - Hyde radiates moral corruption.

"Satan's signature upon a face."


Themes: Religion, Appearance
Analysis: Religious metaphor - Hyde is a visible embodiment of sin.

"He gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn't specify the point."
Themes: Fear, Uncanny
Analysis: Hyde is spiritually or morally deformed. Evil felt instinctively.

Mr. Gabriel Utterson


"The last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of down-going men."
Themes: Morality, Decay
Analysis: Suggests Utterson is a moral anchor. Stevenson may imply that quiet goodness is
powerless alone.

"A man of a rugged countenance... yet somehow lovable."


Themes: Appearance vs Reality
Analysis: Outer roughness masks inner goodness. Stevenson warns not to judge by looks.

"I let my brother go to the devil in his own way."


Themes: Restraint, Responsibility
Analysis: Reflects Victorian politeness. Utterson tolerates immorality to avoid confrontation.

"His affections, like ivy, were the growth of time."


Themes: Loyalty, Control
Analysis: Simile suggests slow, suffocating loyalty. Ivy clings - could also imply possessiveness.

"He had an approved tolerance for others."


Themes: Hypocrisy, Reputation
Analysis: "Approved" implies he follows social norms rather than acts out of genuine empathy.

Dr. Lanyon
"He began to go wrong, wrong in the mind."
Themes: Science vs Religion, Friendship
Analysis: Lanyon rejects Jekyll's ideas as dangerous. Repetition of 'wrong' reflects moral and
scientific condemnation.

"O God! I screamed, and 'O God!' again."


Themes: Fear, Religion
Analysis: Lanyon's horror at Hyde's transformation is almost spiritual - he appeals to God, not
science.

"My life is shaken to its roots."


Themes: Shock, Science, Mortality
Analysis: Metaphor shows that Jekyll's secret upends Lanyon's rational worldview.

"I sometimes think if we knew all, we should be more glad to get away."
Themes: Truth, Death
Analysis: Hints that some truths are worse than ignorance. Reflects Gothic themes of forbidden
knowledge.

"I am quite done with that person; I beg you will spare me any allusion."
Themes: Conflict, Finality
Analysis: Shows Lanyon's absolute rejection of Jekyll after the transformation. Symbolizes the
irreparable divide between reason and transgression.

Poole
"He was wild when he was young; a long while ago."
Themes: Reputation, Mystery
Analysis: Hints at Jekyll's hidden past. Poole's loyal servant role makes him a source of quiet
insight.

"It is the belief of my heart that there was murder done."


Themes: Suspicion, Loyalty
Analysis: Poole's instincts signal a shift in the story - he represents the rising panic within the house.

"That thing in the mask was never Dr. Jekyll."


Themes: Fear, Appearance vs Reality
Analysis: Poole identifies the uncanny - something is wrong, and it's sensed more than seen.

"I've been afraid for about a week."


Themes: Tension, Horror
Analysis: Poole represents the common man's view: fear and confusion over what the upper class
hides.

"I give you my Bible-word it was Mr. Hyde!"


Themes: Religion, Certainty
Analysis: Poole swears on the Bible, contrasting with the scientific corruption inside Jekyll's lab.

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